Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-17
LADIES' COLUMN.
Printers Ink No Longer a Sine Qua
Non in the Business of Ad-
yertising.
Hints for Effecting Pretty Combina.
tions-Mannishness in Lingerie.
Arrangement OF Draperies.
Directions Not PickwickIan for Preparing
the Celebrated Chops and Tomato
Sauce, Notes, Recipes,
From little matters let US turn to less,
And lightly touch the mysteries of dress.

bulating advertisements is rather shock
to all preconceiVed opinions of maidenly
modesty, womanly reserve or any other
tallscies of bygone age. To see man
bearing q placard announcing goods for
sale at certain places marVelously cheap
is no uncommon spectacle, and yet women
do this advertising quite as efecIually,
although in a more inconspicuous way.
Have our fair readers ever thought how
modes are introduced? 1t is. you say, by
women adopting them; that is true, but
women ere first paid to exhibit them. In
the large cities there may often be seen q
neat, nattv figure tripping before you !;
there is bride-like freshness In the at
tire, everything is new, fabric and mode /;
the figure is perfect and the fit faultle5s,
while the makeup differs somewhat
from prevailing modes. You ask, who is
she? The unsupported answer, if truth
fully given, would be Messrs. -'s
advertisement. 1t is rather pretty form
of bringing novelties before the public,
although not IL favor with printers. This
form Of advertisement is found in
theaters and bathrooms, in private and
public entertainments, often where it is
least suspected. Nor is the mode con-
fined to dress, but is used TO advertise
other wares. Not long since florist
wished TO introduce a new rose as
fashionable, and one morning over twenty
Young, attractive women were seen in &
single promenade wearing the new rose,
and Immediately it became the rage.
OF course this system has its objec-
tons, but as long as men are f7ttererS
and women are vain there will be those
who will sacrifice 8 portion OF self.
respect on the altar Of self-adornment.
Many innovations, however, require
no such notoriety, but either strike some
popular whim, or by their fitness obtain
immediate recognition. There has, per-
haps, never been time in the history Of
fashion, when dress has been SO hygien-
ically and artistiCally considered, nor
when women had so extended field to
Gull from. The treasure houses Of the
old and the new are open, and barren
would be that taste which failed to form
combinations of usefulness and beauty.
The toilets of to-day sre frequently
composed Of two or three different
materials, and the artistic skill of de-
signer is manifested in so commingling
color that there be no clashing or Offense
in the combination; of course there can
be no undertaking rules for guidance,
but underlying all combinations is this:
that me tint of one fabric should be de-
rived from the color OF another, and
pale hue suggested from the intense color
of its neighbor.
The little accessories of dress have
much to do with its completeness, and 8
careful attention to each and every detail
is necessary to effect the desired harmony.
Among these none is more deserving of
attention than the lingerie; for street and
for house dress plain linen collars are en-
inently appropriate, out their presence in
conjunction with evening or reception
dress would produce jar in symphony.
There are now worn pretty tichus and
chemisettes, which vary in style to suit
any dress. The tucked linen bosom with
q neat white tie is adapted to street wear,
while chemisettes of oriental lace and
China silk, with velvet, are adapted for
more dressy occasions.
There seems to be no abatement in the
fanciful handkerchief. On the contrary
colors are much more used than white,
many embroidered all over with gay col
ored dots. Checks and stripes are used
luOlC IlluI4 IL anu Gil VI OlNSAJ Ol sAAO
edge rather than lace.
AS pleated skirts are SO much worn, ANY
suggestion for reducing their weight must
be acceptable. False pleats can be ar
ranged to have the effect of box pleatS by
Sitting up the skirt st three places at the
foot in front and once further back on
each side. These Sits extend up under
the apron drapery and a piece is inlaid
and folded over to meet as box pleats do,
and g cord finish or binding edges the
Sits.
PLAIN TRAVELLING DRESSES.
Harper's Bazaar: The furnishing stores
show inexpensive travelling dresses Of
checked or striped homespun, or of the
more firmly twisted wool goods, in
brown, gray, or gray-blue shades, and in
check or pin squares with
white and dark color. For some of
these the plain basque is made bias
or else only in front, where
it has no buttons, but either q fly front
with hooks and eyes, or it is laced from
top to bottom. When buttons are used,
they are OF dark bone, either fiat or in
ball shape. The skirt with false box
pleats, described LAST week, and slight
{ ron drapery, or else kilt skirt in even
plests, is made for these dresses, not Gully
at plain establishments, but at the best
houses. The lustrous mohairs, that are
now greatly reduced in price, are used
for similar dresses in gray or Suede
shades, end in dark navy blue, with cord
psssementerie 0t g darker shade for
trimming as a vest, cuffs, and border
across the foot III iron. and on the sides.
3 round hat with close ,brim, or an Eng
Iish turhan CT dark Straw with velvet
orim and ribbon bow n front, is best
liked Tor travelling.
DRAPERIES.
The new draperies are arranged very
long front ana back, leaving both sides
Of the lower skirt uncovered from the
belt down. The front drapery drops in
: point toward the right side, being
made wiGe and ample by tie pleatings
set on to the belt Graceful, Wave-like
hip, these falling 20 meet like curves
iusted lower Gowu. The sides OF the
lower skirt may be arranged in length
wise pleats, alike on both sides, or it
may have plsided or striped panels, or
bands Of velvet ribbon, or rows of en-
OrOiCery on deep fall of lace, or there
may be hounce of very deep lace,
with scarf drapery Of the dress goods
as heading. The back drapery is con-
fined to very narrow space when pleated
or gathered to the belt, but it is extreme
~ full and may hang straight to the foot,
or else open up the center in wing points,
with box pleating of the goods showing
between, or may simply disclose q full
over skirt.
SATEEN COSTUME.